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Giuseppe Rosaccio, Geografia della Toscana detta “Carta del cavallo”
Giuseppe Rosaccio, Map of Tuscany known as “Map of the horse”

1662
Burin engraving on copper; 100x75 cm
Florence, Istituto Geografico Militare, inv. 3770

This map, named "Map of the horse" after an equestrian statue of Ferdinando I portrayed on it, is a clear celebration of the power of the Medicis, unifiers and founders of the Grand Duchy.